"July The Hottest Month Ever Recorded As Drought Reaches Two-Thirds Of U.S."

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July’s average temperature was the hottest on record for the contiguous United States, according to the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration. The last 12 months have been the hottest ever for the U.S., with over 27,000 high temperature records broken or tied so far this year. The hot weather has only worsened dry conditions, as nearly two-thirds of the U.S. faces a drought. NASA scientist James Hansen recently connected the extreme heat to climate change, writing “there is virtually no explanation other than climate change.”

We will get there, but not before a LOT more suffering and by then, of course, we shall see what is salvageable of our, until now, kind Holocene climate equilibrium. On the way, I am sure, there will be mind-numbingly half-hearted measures to address the situation (perhaps those will begin coming soon) while nations and fossil fuels companies fight tooth and nail to prevent actual, effective policy. Finally we will arrive at a ‘new normal'(disallowing, of course, for further ‘in the pipeline’ warming and tipping point dynamics impervious to short or medium term fixes). Yes, most of us who comment here are working to better this scenario but does anyone by this point believe it will go any differently?

??) For the whole campaign, Goldman Sachs employees and their families have been the largest source of campaign cash for Romney, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, a Washington-based group that tracks political money. They have given him almost half a million dollars; four years ago, they gave $1 million to President Barack Obama, according to the center and FEC filings.

There was a good news report tonight on UK Channel 4 news (our last decent news programme in the UK) about climate change and the US drought – shamefully the first news programme I have seen to dare to explore the issue.

I shall post the video clip if it appears in the next days online, but here is their summary from the website.